"How is the map drawn?" After leaving the Cape of Good Hope, we started traveling to the vast sea again. On this day, Yelu Dashi came to the back cabin and asked. Visit to download the txt novel
"This is the map that was just drawn!" said a scholar from the Academy of Sciences.
Yelu Dashi copied the map and brought it to his room. He and his nephew Yelu Jinning studied it together.
This map includes the Central Plains, the New World, Europe, Africa and other places, as well as countless islands they have passed through. On this map, the original Central Plains is only a very small part of it!
"The world is so big. You and I used to sit in a well and look at the sky!" Yelu Dashi said with emotion.
"If we had known that the world was so big, we wouldn't have taken our people to the depths of the grassland. We should have taken our people to the sea and headed for the New World." Yelu Jinning said.
"Haha, we didn't have such a fleet at that time!" Yelu Dashi laughed.
"Uncle, can we take our people to the New World now? Then we can re-establish the country and establish Daliao?" Yelu Jinning said.
"We don't have such an opportunity now! Do you think Daliang will give up the New World to us Khitans? Daliang is stronger than the Han and Tang Dynasties, and they will never allow us Khitans to split off again!" Yelu Dashi shook his head.
Yelu Jinning nodded silently.
"In fact, life is not bad now! The world is so big, there are so many continents! Each continent has its own indigenous people, each continent needs its own products, and it may take a lifetime to explore a continent! I
I hope that all of us Khitan people can participate in exploration in the future, and there will be many Khitan people whose names will be recorded in history." Yelu Dashi said.
"It's a pity that the Han people implement such an intermarriage policy. As long as you marry a Han person, the children you give birth to will be Han people. Sooner or later in the future, we Khitan people will completely disappear!" Yelu Jinning sighed.
"Our bloodline will never die, and neither will our surname. That's enough!" Yelu Dashi said disapprovingly.
After traveling around the world, Yelu Dashi felt that his mind was much more open-minded. Now he no longer cares about the Liao Kingdom! As long as the Khitan bloodline can continue, even integrating into the Han people is nothing.
After leaving the Cape of Good Hope, they started heading east and north again! A few days later, they arrived at Madagascar. Originally they thought it was a continent, but after a few days they discovered that it was a very huge island! This
The island is larger than all the islands in the Central Plains, and even larger than Kushima and Hokkaido! The environment here is completely different from the African continent. Its vegetation is extremely rich, and a variety of exotic animals are distributed on the island.
, the environment here is very beautiful.
"The environment of this big island is good. Compared with Kushima and Hokkaido, it is better. At least it is not as cold as those places! There is not much population here. We can move here in the future." Chao Gai said.
"It's a pity that this place is too far away from the Central Plains! It's better to move to the New World than to move here." Yelu Dashi shook his head and said.
After leaving here, they continued eastward.
In October of the ninth year of Datong, after a long journey, they finally arrived in Tianzhu!
In this era, there was already a trade route between the Central Plains and Tianzhu! Here, they finally saw a Han ship. When they were confirmed to be Han people, they all let out a huge cheer!
"We actually came to Tianzhu! Tianzhu is in the west of the Central Plains, and we came here all the way east! Sure enough, the world is round! It took us two years to prove it all! There is no need to return to the Central Plains from here
How long! We can return to the Central Plains in half a year at most!" The scholars of the Academy of Sciences were particularly excited.
Facts have proved that their knowledge is correct, but the "round sky and square place" passed down from ancient times is wrong! By the time their voyage is over, new ideas will surely be widely spread, and the traditional constraints in the hearts of the people will inevitably be further broken!
Everyone was jumping for joy, but while they were happy, they also felt a little sad in their hearts! When they came out, they had more than 5,000 people, but now they only have more than 4,500 people! Most of them died of illness on the ship! The sea environment
It was so bad that even if they prepared countless medicines when they set out, someone would inevitably die!
"We still have to go to the coastal area of Tianzhu to take a look and inspect it. This is also our task!" said the naval division commander.
People from the Navy and the Academy of Sciences stayed in Tianzhu for a long time. It was not until December of the ninth year of Datong that they continued to go east!
In February of the 10th year of Datong, the fleet finally returned to Quanzhou! In April, the fleet arrived at Tianjin Port!
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Looking at Tianjin City in the distance, everyone in the fleet was cheering, and almost everyone had tears in their eyes! Even Khitans like Yelu Dashi and Yelu Jinning!
"Finally back! It's been a difficult journey!" Chao Gai said with a smile.
"We have created history and will definitely leave our name in the annals of history!" Ruan Xiaoer said with a smile.
"We have only explored a small part of the continent, and we have not been to the depths of those continents! Even to the coastal areas of each continent, we have not gone to most of them! We will have more places worth exploring in the future!"
Ruan Xiaowu said.
"This time we mainly want to understand the general situation of the world, instead of looking at the sky from a well! Now we know the existence of each continent, and know that each continent has its own civilization. Of course, no continent's civilization can catch up with our Central Plains! We will only know the details later.
You know those continents!" Yelu Dashi laughed.
After knowing that there are so many continents in the world, Yelu Dashi has a strong sense of identification with Daliang and the Central Plains! Although he is a Khitan, he and the Han people originated from the same continent. In a sense, they
They are all considered "Central Plains people"! Relatively speaking, the Mayans, Europeans, and Africans from other continents are foreign races in his mind!
"Will we still have a chance to go to sea in the future?" Yelu Jinning asked.
"Of course there are still opportunities to go to sea! In the future, not only warships can go to sea, but also private merchant ships! However, private merchant ships are very dangerous when going to sea, and many of their ships cannot withstand strong waves." said the navy division commander.
"If more people go to sea, the shipbuilding technology will gradually improve! If there is demand, someone will improve it!" Yelu Dashi said.
At this moment, violent cheers erupted from the distance! It turned out that Wu Dong, Li Shishi and others had already arrived.
When the fleet arrived in Quanzhou, someone had already gone north to report the situation of the fleet. As the fleet went north, people kept reporting on the situation. Wu Dong came to Tianjin last night, and he still remembers sending these off in September of the seventh year of Datong.
People, it is already April of the 10th year of Datong, and he finally took these people back.
He came among the soldiers and received a great welcome.
That night, Wu Dong called Chao Gai, Yelu Dashi and others to the city lord's palace in Tianjin City. He also called countless scholars from the Academy of Sciences and business representatives here, and he entertained these people warmly.